M. Rich & Bros. Dry Goods

Collection:: Atlanta History Photograph Collection
Title:: M. Rich & Bros. Dry Goods
Creator:: Unknown
Publisher:: Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
Date of Original:: 1880/1890
Subject:: Buildings--Atlanta--Georgia
Stores and shops--Georgia--Atlanta
Facades--Georgia--Atlanta
Storefronts
Employees--Atlanta--Georgia
Men--1880-1890
Rich’s (Retail store)
Location:: United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Whitehall Street
Medium:: photographs
Type:: Still Image
Format:: image/jpeg
Description:: [further information on reverse of photograph]
View of unidentified individuals, possibly the staff, standing on the sidewalk in front of the Rich's Dry Goods Store on Whitehall Street in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.
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Rich's Department Store was founded in Atlanta, Georgia in 1867 by Morris Rich, a Hungarian-born immigrant. The business expanded over several decades, and eventually was located on the corner of Alabama and Broad Streets in downtown Atlanta. In the 1960s and 1970s the store opened in several other locations. In 1948 a seventy-foot live Christmas tree was first placed on the roof of Rich's downtown department store. Thereafter, the Lighting of the Great Tree became an Atlanta tradition. In 1960, several African American college students protested segregationist policies practiced by Rich's until the store agreed to desegregate its stores in 1961. Rich's department store was phased out in 2005.
Local Identifier:: VIS 170.2014.001
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Metadata URL:: http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/678
Additional Rights Information:: This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U. S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
Extent:: 12 x 15 in.
Original Collection:: Atlanta History Photograph Collection
Holding Institution:: Atlanta History Center
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